RE: mysql
- From: "Mercadante, Thomas F" <thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle_l <ORACLE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 08:46:32 -0400
Man. I got to get my medication checked. I could have swore that I just
saw these last set of emails already this morning.
-----Original Message-----
From: Walt Weaver [mailto:weaver1308@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 5:03 PM
To: oracle_l
Subject: Re: mysql
On Apr 4, 2005 12:54 PM, stephen booth <stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2005 7:11 PM, David <thump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What are the largest pros and cons involved in discussing mysql versus
> > Oracle?
>
> MySQL doesn't have the recoverability features of Oracle, you lose a
> disk and you've lost everything since the last backup.
Not true. MySQL binlogs are similar to Oracle redo logs and can be
used for point-in-time recovery. We have over 200 MySQL databases
running 4.x with binlogs and replication and have experienced no data
loss from server crashes.
>
> MySQL scaling is a joke.
It certainly isn't in Oracle's league as far as scalaility is concerned.
>
> Stephen
>
--Walt Weaver
Bozeman, Montana
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